The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-22
Generalities.

An underground railway for New York city
is talked Of
The fc-<avny service con tiruc, to increase
in efficiency and usefulness.
The Travellers Insurance Company lost :. mil
lion dollar law suit in Denver, Col.
The Eyan.t Ideal Alliance of the nited States
is holding conference at Washington.
Mr.. Powderly is out in Il letter attacking the
Western Union Telegraph monopoly.
Charley Ross has been found lust once more
but his father takes 10 stock in the find.
DR.. Won Sanger. the eminent scientist who
is mentioned in DarWin'> books. is dead.
Briganlaye has revived on the Island of Cuba,
ana general feeling of insecurity prevails.
Two Iowa brewers have abandoned the bust
ness in that State because of the prohibitorv
law.
During the last fiscal month the Dominion of
Canada expended >354. .:jG in excess of reve-
nue..
The fund for the Beecher statue now amounts
to S3O,l29. aud it is hoped to increase it to
$4,000.
The excitement over the concentration of
Russian troops on the Austrian frontier con-
tinues intense.
The proposed Anarchist demonstration to aid
the families of those executed at Chicago has
been given up.
During the last year 30 national banks have
been organized ard a3 have been cIoscd-a net
increase of 1872.
The conduct of Rus sa in massiny troops on
the Austrian border has given rise to fears of
serious complications.
pf hot. .I,nx
on Sunday. Judge Handy decided in the
Bernard Verne case.
A UniversaliSt minister at Syracuse is being
prosecuted by his church for advocating the
ideas and candidacy of Henry George.
The Indictment against William Kis>ane, for
mcrly of New York. now of California, has
been dismissed 1t was filed 30 years ago.
The first cremation in Michigan took place in
Detroit on Saturday. The body crcmated was
that of Mrs. Barbara Schow, of Millersburg,
Ohio.
The United States Grand Jury at Montana
has indicted several prominent men in unlaw
fully removing timber from the Government
lands.
Captain Warren. of Victoria, b. c., has filed
claims amounting to 100000 against the Unit
Ell States for nine sealing vessels seized in Bch-
ring Sea.
Senator Frye says that the Fishery Commits
sioners will require no confirmation bv the
Senate. as they are simply advisers to Secre-
tary Bayard.
The United States marshal has seized the
Mormon church presidents Office ledger and
books. The church organization protests
against the outrage.
A Norman named Ephraim Briggs has been
held in $4,000 bail at Salt Lake by Commits
sioner VorrelI. Briggs confessed to having
married two sisters.
In the municipal elections in IL tiles in Mass
achusetts, nine of them voted for license and
eight against. Last year it stood Is against
license and four for.
+. l.. Harper. as witness in his own be-
half, illustrated the wrecking of the Fidelity
National Bank of Cincinnati, and made some
DANA ging admissions.
rheumatism. Hoods SarSap arilla puTifies the
blood, and tones the whole sys tenn.
Mrs. Langtry dismissed her leading man because
he kissed her shoe She was quite right. The way
ladies' shoes are made nowadays they will not
stand any extra moisture.
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Herr Most says: "Itappears that the people of
this country want to get rid of me-" He could not
have hit the public sentiment more correctly if he
had tried for hur drcd years.